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Photos from the WTO Protests in Hong Kong, Day 3, page 6 
After the procession reached the designated protest area, the Korean farmers, Via Campesina, and other farmer's groups who participated in the procession sat down, exhausted but high spirited....
Posted: Thu, Dec 15, 2005 1:44pm PST
Photos from the WTO Protests in Hong Kong, Day 3, page 5 
Korean farmers rest on the bridge before entering the protest area...
Posted: Thu, Dec 15, 2005 1:22pm PST
Photos from the WTO Protests in Hong Kong, Day 3 page 4 
Crossing the bridge during the march from Victoria Park to the designated protest zone...
Posted: Thu, Dec 15, 2005 1:14pm PST
Photos from the WTO Protests in Hong Kong, Day 3 page 2 
In this fashion, while chanting "Down, down, WTO!" as well as "Kong yee sai mau" (the Cantonese translation), the farmers traveled the entire way from Victoria Park to the designated protest zone near the convention center where the Sixth Ministerial WTO conference is being held until December 18....
Posted: Thu, Dec 15, 2005 12:49pm PST
Photos from the WTO Protests in Hong Kong, Day 3 page 1 
On Thursday, December 15 over 1,000 Korean farmers left Victoria Park on what started as an ordinary march. However, as the farmers--wearing knee pads and gloves as well as their trademark beige vests and straw hats--lined up, the entire procession split into smaller groups of around thirty....
Posted: Thu, Dec 15, 2005 12:41pm PST
Farmers Procession Sways Hearts and Minds at WTO Protests in Hong Kong 
On Thursday, December 15 over 1,000 Korean farmers left Victoria Park on what started as an ordinary march....
Posted: Thu, Dec 15, 2005 12:28pm PST
Low Wage Workers and Migrants Lead Opposition to GATS and Imperialism 
Hong Kong, December 15- During an event that was part of the People's Week of Action Against the World Trade Organization (WTO), a group of fifty people crying: "Down, down, WTO!" and "Down, down, USA!" climbed a steep road to the Hong Kong United States consulate. The action on was a continuation of a "consulate hopping" protest opposing the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)....
Posted: Thu, Dec 15, 2005 10:19am PST
Rich Put Poor on 'Tranquilizers' at WTO: Report The "aid-for-trade" grants offered by the industrialized nations to the world's poor countries during the World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial meeting in Hong Kong are seen as a bid to put the developing countries on "tranquilizers."...
Posted: Wed, Dec 14, 2005 8:09pm PST
Seize the Time for December 1-15, 2005 (audio/mpeg 19.2MB) Revolutionary news, commentary and music program produced by the Seize the Time Radio Collective. Episode #2. 55 min, 59 sec. 48 kbps mp3....
Posted: Wed, Dec 14, 2005 2:26pm PST
Photos from the WTO Protests in Hong Kong, Day 2 page 3 
The festivities, led by the Korean farmers, spilled out into the street....
Posted: Wed, Dec 14, 2005 2:02pm PST
Photos from the WTO Protests in Hong Kong, Day 2 
The Korean farmers performed cultural dances and drummed outside the department store. Speakers thanked Hong Kong residents for their warmth and hospitality in spite of the unfavorable press coverage that had been circulating about Korean protesters....
Posted: Wed, Dec 14, 2005 1:54pm PST
Photos from the WTO Protests in Hong Kong, Day 2 
A march and a full day of rallies, part of the People’s Action Week on WTO, continued at Victoria Park on the second day of the Sixth Ministerial WTO conference in Hong Kong....
Posted: Wed, Dec 14, 2005 1:35pm PST
WTO MC6, Day 2: Face-Off at the Barricades, Stand-Off at the Summit Hong Kong, December 14- In the morning four hundred people participated in a “Consulate Hopping” protest march against the General Agreement on Trade and Services (GATS) and the privatization of basic services. The procession wound through the Admiralty and Wan Chai districts and split into smaller groups targeting the Indonesian, Phillipine, Nepali, Sri Lankan, Thai and US consulates....
Posted: Wed, Dec 14, 2005 12:46pm PST
WTO 6, Day 1: Just The Beginning On Tuesday, the opening day of the Sixth Ministerial WTO conference,
delegates braced for a new round of disagreements, while the protests
outside welcomed the arrival of the Korean delegation which included 1,500
farmers. Internationally, farmers and fisherfolk are among those most
severely affected by the WTO’s neoliberal agenda....
Posted: Wed, Dec 14, 2005 11:57am PST
wto and biodiversity: a brief interview with Simone Lovera from Friends of the Earth (audio/mpeg 6.4MB) Simone Lovera of Friends of the Earth International explains how the WTO effects biodiversity at the WTO ministerial in Hong Kong....
Posted: Wed, Dec 14, 2005 9:19am PST
Protests Continue at WTO Conference as Talks Stall Over Agricultural Trade The World Trade Organization has entered its second day of its ministerial meeting in Hong Kong. South Koreans have led attempts to reach the convention center by swimming across Hong Kong Bay. They have been blocked off by heavily armed police barricades and beaten back by riot police with pepper spray and batons. This occurs as the United States and the European Union clashed over food aid to poor countries. We speak with Anuradha Mittal, an expert on world and trade issues in Hong Kong....
Posted: Wed, Dec 14, 2005 7:14am PST
The Globalization Game: What's at Play at the WTO By LAURA CARLSEN...
Posted: Wed, Dec 14, 2005 6:57am PST
Plutocracy's Tool: Television 
"Contrary to public opinion, the purpose of commercial television is not to inform the people with information that is relevant to their lives. It is to substitute fantasy for reality, lies for truth; entertainment for knowledge. The programming that most of us watch is not the primary purpose of television. Commercials—capitalism—are the primary reason for the existence of television. Even public television is not immune from heavy-handed manipulation from the Whitehouse and corporation...
Posted: Tue, Dec 13, 2005 3:04pm PST
World Trade Organization Protests in Hong Kong: Day 1, page 6 
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Posted: Tue, Dec 13, 2005 11:16am PST
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